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mycritters2 (1000+ posts) Thu Aug-21-08 10:27 PM
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Why do military people all seem to mispronounce "Eye-rack"?
Advertisements [?]It seems like people who've been there would pronounce it correctly, but I'm listening to yet another military guy on KO, and he pronounces it Eye-rack, too. What's with that?

resident genious

Cleita (1000+ posts) Thu Aug-21-08 10:28 PM
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1. Most of those guys seem to be southerners. Is it because of their accent?

question everything (1000+ posts) Thu Aug-21-08 10:31 PM
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3. Many mis prounounce it, and since there are more "Obama people"
than there are Hillary's - certainly on the media, I would say that Obama people mis pronounce it. Now, doesn't it sound silly?

Why not go outside, shout to the world that you hate Hillary, throw in Bill for good measure and find something else to worry about?

delete_bush (1000+ posts) Thu Aug-21-08 10:32 PM
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4. Could it be a subconscious
Edited on Thu Aug-21-08 10:33 PM by delete_bush
way to dehumanize the people of Iraq. ???

Makes the real person seem more like a video game. Easier to kill that way.

Ah, a teacher.

drthais (765 posts) Thu Aug-21-08 11:20 PM
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20. I'll tell you why...
its' because anyone with two brain cells to rub together
has already been kicked out by this administration
and the only people left are those who think it's 'EYE-RACK'
I open all of my university classes
with the correct pronunciation of "Iraq"
because I don't want my students to sound like idiots....

I'f you've been there you can call it any damn thing you please and pronounce it anyway you like. ;)

At least once every human should have to run for his life, to teach him that milk does not come from supermarkets, that safety does not come from policemen, that news is not something that happens to other people. ~ Robert Heinlein